Hola, everybody! It's update time! *does happy dance* Shout outs:
8EternallyMortal8- Your review just made my day. Like, seriously, it was just awesome. :D
MarMar5678- Haha, well, I stray away from my original ideas a lot, so I don't know if it really counts ;) School of Secrets, for example, was supposed to be a regular cliché Percabeth High School story at first… :/
Random demigod- Sorry if it was hard to understand. They were on a date, earth-bounds attacked. You find out why later on, if that helps at all.
TheLostDaughter- Good guess, but Kronos really is dead. Still, nice guess!
Wisdoms daughter- Meh, I stink at writing romance :/ I'm glad someone liked it, though!
Myusernameisorigional- Yeah, I'm mean like that I guess…
PepsiCola541- Yes, I was totally getting revenge! Haha, naw, I just like writing Cliffys, MUWAHAHAHAHAH! (Btw, Kronos really is dead. Nice guess, though!)
Disclaimer: What's that? A bird? A plane? RICK RIORDAN?! Oh, no, it's just Qwerty… nothing to see here…
Annabeth's POV
When I came around, the first thing I noticed was how bad my head hurt. I felt like someone was pounding on my skull with a sledgehammer. Then I opened my eyes, and my headache got much, much worse.
Bright light flooded my vision, as white as the walls of the room I was in. Come to think of it, everything in the room was a sterile, bright white- the sheets of the cot I was on, the tile floor, the cabinets and silver sinks- everything. Even with my splitting headache, it wouldn't have taken a genius to figure out I was in a hospital room.
Why was I in a hospital, though? I wasn't sick. Then, all at once, memories from last night hit me like a train all at once. The earth-bounds. They had surrounded up and tried to drug us, managing to knock us both out, but not before I saw Chiron show up and start firing arrows. He must have defeated them all and dropped up off at the hospital.
What had Chiron said about the earth-bounds? They guarded the island just off the cost, that was it. So why were they in the city? And more importantly- why had they attacked us?
"Annabeth?" Asked a voice, and I looked up to see Thalia walk into the room, closely followed by Nico and Reyna.
"Hey guys," I croaked, just now realizing how dry my throat was. "Aren't you supposed to be home by now?" They ignored my question, hurrying to my bedside.
"What happened?" Asked Thalia, concerned.
"Earth-bounds attacked Percy and me," I answered honestly, looking around for a glass of water. "Oh gods- Percy! Is he ok?"
"What?!" Screeched my friends, looking horrified. "Why?" Asked Reyna at the same time as Nico said "When?"
Once my friends had assured me Percy was fine (unconscious still, but fine), I quickly filled my friends in, finally finding a glass of water on my bedside table.
"They just…attacked you?" Asked Reyna, looking mad. Thalia looked downright murderous, while Nico just looked paper-white.
"Pretty much," I answered, worried.
"I thought they stayed on their little island," Thalia spat.
"That's what I thought, too," I said. "Guys, those earth-bounds…" I trailed off and took a deep breath before continuing.
"They were here for us, I know it. Why else would they wait until Percy and I were alone to attack us?" A heavy, tense silence followed my words.
"We were supposed to be safe when we left the MIST Academy," Thalia objected finally, although she sounded uncertain.
"They didn't kill you, though," Reyna objected. "They just drugged you, right? Why would they do that?"
"Because they didn't want us dead," I said slowly. Yet, I added silently. "They wanted to kidnap us, take us to their boss or something."
"Who would want to do that?" Asked Thalia, her voice raising an octave at the end. "Kronos is dead- who else would want to hurt us?"
"I don't know," I admitted. "But I know how we can find out."
"How?" Asked Nico.
"Chiron. He knows what's going on," I answered. "We need to find Chiron and get some answers."
"Everyone should be a part of that meeting," Reyna pointed out.
"True," Nico agreed.
"Fine," I said. "You guys gather up everyone who escaped the MIST Academy with us. Then, once Percy and I are released from the Hospital, we're gonna find Chiron."
I felt cheated, and I wanted answers. What would we have to do to finally be safe?
Short Chapter, I know :/ I'll try to update soon, though! Reviewer's question: Favorite book/series besides PJO or HoO. Mine would probably be Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson. Until next time!